# Democratic Party Official Position is to Abolish ICE **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [August 15, 2026, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-party-official-position-is-to-abolish-ice/1032355 "2026-08-15T19:46:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 307
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2026, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-party-official-position-is-to-abolish-ice/1032355/307 "2026-08-22T23:39:25Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > The problem is that ICE has hired thousands of wannabe Gestapo stormtroopers who have destroyed whatever was salvageable about ICE. No, they are not “wannabe Gestapo stormtroopers” , and if the Dems control Congress next yeah, all they have to do is cut the budget back to Biden era levels, and the budget will not support the new hires. Most will have to be laid off. > [@DSeid](#): > > The other big issue are the new hires, many of them thugs, all of them not subject to proper vetting. > > Reduction in workforce, reorg, newer hires are still in probation periods and get gone first as surplus positions. > > Fixing the damage is not that hard. Right. Getting rid of the new hires is simple, given a Dem Congress. Not to mention, no more budget tor mass raids. The other ideas will have to wait until there is a Democratic president. > [@Common\_Tater](#): > > So, your contention then is the “vast majority” of opposition to illegal migration is solely due to racial prejudice. See that term " illegal migration" that is the problem. Why even have it? I mean sure block terrorists and criminals, but give people who want to work a work permit. See- no more " illegal migration"- problem solved. [quote=“Common\_Tater, post:304, topic:1032355”] You can’t or won’t acknowledge that objections to millions of illegals pouring across the border year after year, decade after decade, [/quote]. and The number is more like 500000 per year of undocumented aliens. Certainly not “millions”- and most are people overstaying their visas- so not “pouring over the border”. The arrive by plane, etc. And the total number is offset by people leaving the US for whatever reason. Tell me, what is wrong with admitting a few hundred thousand new workers per years, with work visas? > [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Correct – it’s not just racism/bigotry. It’s also ignorance. Statistically, immigrants whether legal or not are a very significant benefit to the US economy. True. > [@Chronos](#): > > Y’know, I just realized something. None of your posts here are actually claiming that it’s not racism. You’re just saying that we shouldn’t say it’s racism. It is more or less racism- or Xenophobia. I note than no one seems perturbed by the thousands of Canadians who come here and overstay their visa. Because they are white people who speak our language. Just the brown spanish speaking people “pouring across our borders”. 🙄 --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-party-official-position-is-to-abolish-ice/1032355)._